Detachable shoe heel



Patented June 19, 1928.

UNITED :STATES ,-PAT'NTOFFI'CE-7' CLAYTON Homanrr,v or rrrnannnrnin, PENNSYLVANIA.

DETACHABLE sHoE Applcationiled November 30, 1925. Serial No. 72,159.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a detachable shoe heel, and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which may be readily and quickly removed or replaced, therefore making it possiblefor a person to replace worn' heels with new ones, yor to change the heels of a pair of shoes so thatthe wear will be more evenly. distributed, and thus increase the life of the heels.

Another object of the invention is to provide a detachable rubber heel carrying means for coaction with means carried by a shoe whereby said heel may be readily attached or detached Without the use of tools.

A further object of the invention is to prvide ashoe heel including a. lift member attached to be permanently securedto a shoe, and carrying elements of a snap fastener for coaction with co-operating elements of asnap fast-ener embedded in a rubber heel whereby the latter may be detachably fastened on the shoe.

A still further object of the invention is to provide unique means for holding the detachable heel against longitudinal movement.

lVith these and other ends in view, this 'invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements here# inafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art -to which this invention appertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to t-he accompanying drawings forming a part of this applicatioin.

in which:

Fig. 1, is a fragmentary bottom plan view of a shoe showing my improved heel in place with a portion broken away to illustrate the arrangement of one of the fastening devices.

Fig. 2, is a section of vthe line 2*-2'of Fig. 1.

3, is a fragmentary perspective view of a shoe illust-rating another embodiment of my invention showing the manner in which the heel holder is used.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, 5 representsa shoe to which is permanently attached the heel lift member 6, by nails or their equivalent in the usual manner for securing leather heel lifts of a shoe. This lift ymembery is preferably made this lift member are mounted a number of snap `fastener elements 8. The preferred lway to mount the fastening elements 8 in the lift member is to provide one of the lift sheets with holes 9.of such a diameter as to receive the body portions `of the fastening elements but smaller than the heads of said elements which heads may set in counter. bores of the holes 9 or in 'recesses 10 in another of the lift sheets. The detachable heel 11 has other elements 12 of the fastenmg devices, preferably molded therein and arranged for coact-ion with the ele-ments 8 so that by passing the detachable heell 11 with the fastening elements 12 in alignment with the fastening elements 8 and then firmly passing the detachable heel against the lift member 6, the snap fastener elements `will be attached to each other and, while yunderv ordinary use the detachable heel will not sepa-rate from the shoe, it is'an easy matter to disconnect it by applying the necessary outward force.

Usuallythe walking actions cause the rear portion of the heel to first strike the. surface on which the wearer is walking, and to prevent longitudinal movement of the heel due to this action, I place the tongue 13 of a holder between the lift member and the heel with the tang 14 of said holder in engagement with the forward edge of the heel, and fasten. said holder in place by means of a pin 15 or its equivalent which passes thru the shoel from the inside, then .thru the lift member, the tongue of the holder andprojects into the heel, and this pin may be made from a nail with its head between two ypieces of suitable material 16 such as discs of soft leather. It is preferred that a. groove be provided in the inner face, the forward edge of the heel to receive thev parts of the holder.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a. detachable heel 17 slidably mounted in a frame 18 carried by theshoe wherein said heel is held against longitudinal movement by the holder inthe same manner as above described.

Of course I do not wish to lloe limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claim without depart-ing from the spirit of my invention.

' Having thus fully described mvy invention, what I claim as new and useful is:

inside thereof and projecting through the tongue of the holder and into the heel for holding said heel and Component parts in properl xed positions relative to eaoh other.

In testimony whereof7 I have hereunto aiixed my signature.

CLAYTON HOBERT. 

